Timothy Dring is a retired commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He is the co-author of "American Coastal Rescue Craft," which won the best history book award from the Foundation for Coast Guard His...view moreTimothy Dring is a retired commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He is the co-author of "American Coastal Rescue Craft," which won the best history book award from the Foundation for Coast Guard History in 2010. Commander Dring is on the board of the U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association and the Twin Lights Historical Society. He is a regular contributor to the Heritage Association's quarterly journal. In 2010, he was given the U.S. Coast Guard's Meritorious Public Service Award.
Susan Leigh Bennett received her bachelor of science in biological sciences/science teaching from Clemson University, and her masters-plus-thirty in speech and language pathology from the University of South Carolina. She is the proud daughter of a Coast Guardsman and a descendant of three heroes of the former United States Life-Saving Service who were stationed along the New Jersey coastline. She resides in the Lowcountry of South Carolina with her mother, Barbara Bennett, and sister Lorri.view less